If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.

NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.

I don't really think about having a retrospective on my high-school years. It's not something that, from a positive or a negative standpoint, is a driving force in my life.

My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.

Let's put it this way: I would consider my skiing ability to be far superior to my skating ability. And, in fact, my 10-year-old grandson, who's a AAA squirt, can skate circles around me.

The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown.

Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.

I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football.

The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don't get compensated, and we've never looked for compensation.

Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves.

I don't weigh into politics.

Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention.

There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events.

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.

The good news for us is the NHL has never been stronger, never been more popular, and that, I guess, has led to a lot of interest being expressed from a number of places, an interest in getting an expansion team, and Las Vegas happens to be one of those places.

I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.

We don't want our players getting hurt.

I think it's our job to create a culture and an environment where a gay player knows he is safe and welcome. If and when that happens, believe me - that person will have the full support of the commissioner's office.

The Steelers run a great organization.

We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.

There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.

NHL clubs don't like having to shut down at a critical part of the season and disrupt our season for anything, let alone a situation where we're not given an opportunity to promote our presence.